Mark your calendars! Monday March 12th is a very important date for the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange. Representatives from the NRE will make a crucial funding request to the City of Nanaimo. As we reported previously the Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors has voted to provide $300,000 a year for five years to the […]
On February 18th we published a statement about the NRE funding proposal passed by the Regional District of Nanaimo Board of Directors. We sincerely apologize for publishing inaccurate information regarding conditions placed on that funding. We thought we understood the details of the proposal but we were wrong. Sometimes being wrong is a good thing. […]
Have you heard of the Vancouver Island Recycling & Waste Industry Coalition, otherwise known as VIRWIC? VIRWIC’s website states, “We are small business owners of independently owned recycling and waste companies on Vancouver Island.” That may describe a few of their members, but quick perusal of their website reveals that four of VIRWIC’s twelve members […]
The Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors will be voting on the future of the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange very soon. Do you know if your RDN representative supports the NRE? The Vote Yes NRE campaign has shown beyond any doubt that people from all areas of the regional district rely on and support the […]
The saying is true. A picture really is worth a thousand words. Or in this case more than six thousand. Do you know who recycles at the NRE? People drive up in beaters and in brand new SUVs. People bike in their recyclables, and a few even travel by public transit to drop off things […]
Things are going very well with the Vote Yes NRE campaign, but a handful of responses have us wondering. Are some politicians and residents failing to see the forest for the trees? It is easy to get bogged down in mind-numbing details such as tonnages of styrofoam, waste arbitrage and political beliefs. But those debates […]
Presentation to Nanaimo City Councillors On Monday Jan 8th Ilan appeared as a delegation before the Nanaimo city council Committee of the Whole meeting. He delivered 2300+ postcards addressed to them by Nanaimo residents in support of the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange, and spoke to the councilors about the feedback he has received from NRE users […]
Big thank you to Suzanne Gregory and Marjorie Stewart of CHLY Changes Radio for having Ilan as their guest on Tuesday Jan 9th. It was a GREAT conversation and we highly encourage you to have a listen, you will learn so much about the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange’s current situation, what the challenges are going forward, […]
We have three important dates coming up that we want you to know about. We’re about to deliver some mail to our local politicians! Sunday January 7th – Data Entry Work Party Many hands make light work! Got a laptop or a tablet you’re comfortable typing on? We need you! Join us for our […]
Over the holidays we found out that no decision will be made on the future of the Nanaimo Recycling Exchange until January 23rd. This is good news, because it means we have an additional two weeks to mobilize supporters of the NRE, but it means that we need more volunteers to help Ilan on site […]